Key command Ulysses S. Grant's district of Cairo /
"From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilia...
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| Idioma: | inglés |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
c2006.
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| Series: | Shades of blue and gray series.
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Table of Contents:
- Company town
- South Illinois
- Ready for the scratch
- This awful sickly place
- Lively times in Cairo
- Mischief
- Comfort for our boys
- Night and day and Sunday : the Navy
- A brave set of men
- Nothing of importance
- The Cairo ring
- Necessary goods
- Gone up the river
- Burden of war
- Illumination.